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Croydon, England, United Kingdom

Project Engineer role, with key responsibilities in contributing to project management & supporting the design team, to facilitate programme delivery & innovative engineering solutions.In this role I have already covered new areas of expertise, most notably programme development & management. I'm proud to be a part of the fast-growing Croydon office, and excited to continue developing as a professional in such a collaborative and open company.

Havant, England, United Kingdom

New role, working closely with Portsmouth Water to effectively target leak detection services.By aggregating data from fixed network loggers, district meters, repair history, geographic information services, and network details, I am building leakage profiles for assigned districts. Based on these, I will be selecting which technologies and services to deploy, as well as how & where to deploy them, to acheive the most efficient leakage detection and reduction.In this newly-created role, my focus was on building relationships with the Portsmouth Water team and creating processes for organising, understanding & presenting data from a variety of digital sources. Next steps include working closely with leakage technicians to improve the accessibility and focus of the information.

Guildford, England, United Kingdom

Project specialist for Pipe Condition Assessment projects. Roles include: - Condition Assessment, averaging ~1km/day of water main - Leak detection - Managing small teams - Use of LeakFinderST & accelerometers for non-intrusive on-site data collection - Preliminary sound file analysis on-site - GIS (Geographic Information System) used for planning, data entry and data analysis - Tracking & reporting project progress, enabling works & detected leaks/points of interest - Safe access & operation of water network assets - Traffic Management for temporary works sites, multiple sites per day - Site safety assessment - Report writing for submission to client.

Guildford, England, United Kingdom

Front of House Advisor at Surrey Sports Park, a full-time team role helping to ensure visitors have a positive experience via excellent customer service and communication.I primarily managed customer queries, bookings and payments to provide an excellent experience for visitors to the park. Key skills I used in this role include customer service and communication, team working, problem solving, adaptability and prioritisation, use of databases, and managing bookings and payments.

Guildford, United Kingdom

Studied for an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering, sponsored by Atkins TUS under the Institution of Civil Engineers/University of Surrey Scholarship Scheme.

Epsom

Placement for Atkins in the Tunnels and Underground Space (TUS) team, working professionally in a range of roles including technical design and review, technical writing and financial forecasting. This year placement is part of the ICE/Surrey Scholarship Scheme. I became known well to and trusted by the team, and was given responsibility equivalent to and above that of a graduate, where my experience was appropriate. Selected experience: Undisclosed project: (2018) Complex deck design to Eurocode II, plus beam and bearing design. Use of hand calculation, Excel sheets for repeatable calculations, and Tekla TEDDS for element load analysis. Additional roles: technical checks and compiling of calculations, document control for over 3000 incoming files, and maintenance of registers and trackers for structural elements, outgoing documents, technical queries, and calculations. Bid to the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (2018) Bid for major defence infrastructure project. Alongside senior management, worked to prepare bid document, including case studies and CVs, relating experience to the services required by the Client. Heavily involved with graphics and publishing elements. Workload Forecast (2017-18) Solely responsible for in-house projections of staff and unit productivity for the TUS team, for comparison to finance dept projections. Updating/management of large spreadsheets plus continuous communication with PMs. Thames Tideway (Central) (2017) CAT III check of a steel frame supporting a tunnel opening in a shaft wall. Analysis of earth pressures, clay soil mechanics, water profiles in clay, forces in piled shaft wall linings, and steel design to Eurocode 3. Initial Feasibility Study for a Bristol Metro system (2016) Technical writing, using interpretation of geological and geotechnical information, research into historical underground structures, technical information on potential rail systems, and route planning.

Surrey

As a mystery shopper, I was responsible for evaluating the quality of service of a location to provide feedback to the company and inform their training. These visits were mostly to high street shops and nightclubs. My role included- Purchasing specific products and asking questions about the services, in order to record and assess the service response- Carrying out visual inspections of specific parts of each establishment- Writing a detailed report of each visit, which required good attention to detail to ensure that the client company received any and all information they required- Working to a precise timescale; visits were scheduled to a specific time and length, and reports were required within hours of completing each visit.

Epsom, Surrey

Worked in the Atkins Design Office as part of the Ground Engineering Unit. Calculations, design and analysis of tunnels and shafts near and around important assets. Developing skills in tunnel engineering and soil mechanics. This eight-week placement is part of the Institution of Civil Engineers/ University of Surrey Scholarship Scheme, under which I am sponsored by Atkins.

Bachelors Of Engineering - Beng, Civil And Environmental Engineering

Activities and Societies: Stage 4 Global Graduate Award in German Language; University of Surrey Jitsu (Teaching roles since 2019, Chair.

High School, A-Level: Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry. As-Level: German, Epq, A, B, A, A, A*

Activities and Societies: Russian GOLF language course; Senior Orchestra; String Orchestra; Senior Choir; All-male choirIn addition.